About 25 people gathered at the “Rally For Immigrants” Tuesday afternoon at El Cajon’s City Council chambers.
The protest was in support of the region’s immigrant community and to demand that the city cease all cooperation with ICE.
Organizers included groups such as Fuerza Hispana de El Cajon, Latinos En Acción, Armadillos Ni Un Migrante Menos, and more.
The coalition has staged several protests over the last several months across the city demanding that El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells and members of the El Cajon City Council resign following the passage of a controversial immigration enforcement resolution made earlier this year.
Wells also declared El Cajon “not a sanctuary city,” and publicly directed El Cajon law enforcement officers to work with federal immigration authorities. Of the